Chockstone Forum - Accidents & Injuries
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Blue Mountains - male climber injured after fall |
7-Nov-2013 At 1:05:06 PM |
JohnK
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An interesting thread with lessons for all of us and a terrible accident - really feel for the climber who was dropped and obviously a life changing event - hope you recover quickly and sort out your injury.
Standard practice for me particularly when climbing with people I don't know well is to belay them directly off the anchor and with a gri gri.
Have always felt that belaying off the harness particularly on awkward belay ledges can create all sorts of issues if the second falls. Also if you belay off the anchors directly and set it up right it's easier to manage ropes, brake hands etc. and keep a better watch on things. An auto lock device like a Gri-gri also adds another safeguard. |
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